Washington Basic Required to Cut Enrollment

Washington Basic Health which is a state-sponsored program to help eligible Washington residents pay for health care using income from state subsidies, is feeling the wrath of the troubled economy.

Back in February 2009, Basic Health took the necessary steps to decrease enrollment by only enrolling one new applicant for every 2 applicants that left the plan. The decline in the economy has prompted Basic Health to reduce overall enrollment by 43% for the '09-'11 budget. In '07-'09 Basic Health covered about 107,000 residents and by January 1st of 2010 the enrollment must be within the new budget.

This has created a lengthy waiting list for the plan, but there are numerous groups that are allowed to bypass the waiting list because of their need. Some examples of these groups are Foster parents, personal care workers, and Tribal sponsored accounts. Plans such iCan benefits also provides access to valuable benefits to improve the health of their members.

iCan Benefits Information

There is an unique company in the health insurance industry called iCan Benefits which has thousands of existing customers. Their mission is to bring access to affordable health care to all Americans. They believe that America needs better access to health care, financial assistance, and lifestyle improvement benefits.

ICan knows everything about health insurance. They will walk you through the process of finding the best health insurance policy. Once its found, they will stay with you and manage the policy, answering any questions you may have.

ICan benefits has a partnership with the Health Care Credit Union Association (HCCUA), which is a not for profit organization established in 1985. Their goal is to provide access to valuable benefits to better the health of their members and their families.

iCan Benefits Group now offers Major Medical

iCan Benefit Group is now offering major medical health plans from Avalon Healthcare, Inc.. iCan is working with Avalon Healthcare to offer consumer directed health plans for individuals in Florida.

Avalon Healthcare is a Florida based health insurance company founded by executives from Oxford Health Plans.

Avalon provides affordable major medical health coverage for both individuals and employers. They offer an extensive selection of PPO Plan options with large open access physician and hospital networks. Avalon's "IFOCUS" for individuals are high deductible PPO health plans combined with Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

iCan and Avalon are working together to provide consumers with high-quality, value based healthcare options.

iCan's previous portfolio of health plans were simply discount plans that technically were not health insurance. They are touted as being low-cost, but in reality provide little value to uninsured individuals, and provide very high profit margins for iCan.